"Foreword by John, Patrick, and Gregory Hemingway ; preface by Charles Scribner, Jr."--Cover

Part I: "The first forty-nine." Preface to the "The first forty-nine" -- The short happy life of Francis Macomber -- The capital of the world -- The snows of Kilimanjaro -- Old man at the bridge -- Up in Michigan -- On the Quai at Smyrna -- Indian camp -- The doctor and the doctor's wife -- The end of something -- The three-day blow -- The battler -- A very short story -- Soldier's home -- The revolutionist -- Mr. and Mrs. Elliot -- Cat in the rain -- Out of season -- Cross-country snow -- My old man -- Big two-hearted river. Part I -- Big two-hearted river. Part II -- The undefeated -- In another country -- Hills like white elephants -- The killers -- Che ti dice la patria? -- Fifty grand -- A simple enquiry -- Ten Indians -- A canary for one -- An Alpine idyll -- A pursuit race -- Today is Friday -- Banal story -- Now I lay me -- After the storm -- A clean, well-lighted place -- The light of the world -- God rest you merry, gentlemen -- The sea change -- A way you'll never be -- The mother of a queen -- One reader writes -- Homage to Switzerland -- A day's wait -- A natural history of the dead -- Wine of Wyoming -- The gambler, the nun, and the radio -- Fathers and sons

Part II: Short stories published in books or magazines subsequent to "The first forty-nine." One trip across -- The tradesman's return -- The denunciation -- The butterfly and the tank -- Night before battle -- Under the ridge -- Nobody ever dies -- The good lion -- The faithful bull -- Get a seeing-eyed dog -- A man of the world -- Summer people -- The last good country -- An African story

Part III: Previously unpublished fiction. A train trip -- The porter -- Black ass at the cross roads -- Landscape with figures -- I guess everything reminds you of something -- Great news from the mainland -- The strange country

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